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She then lays small, sticky, hard eggs on virtually any surface. The female does not produce large litters like other reptiles. The female usually produces about two one-embryo eggs per pregnancy. The eggs are sticky at first, but harden after a short time. The female gecko will usually abandon her eggs. In some cases geckos have been recorded as eating their young after birth. | She then lays small, sticky, hard eggs on virtually any surface. The female does not produce large litters like other reptiles. The female usually produces about two one-embryo eggs per pregnancy. The eggs are sticky at first, but harden after a short time. The female gecko will usually abandon her eggs. In some cases geckos have been recorded as eating their young after birth. | ||
Some species are parthenogenic, the females capable of reproducing without copulating with a male. This improves the geckos' ability to spread to new islands. | Some species are parthenogenic, the females capable of reproducing without copulating with a male. This improves the geckos' ability to spread to new islands. | ||
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